Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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